Romano
served in World War II with the U.S. Navy Construction Battalion in the Pacific
Theatre. He was employed by Sig Olson Floor Coverings until retiring in 1972.
He and his wife, Emelia, operated the Hilltop Flower Farm until 1977. He was a
member of the Mt.ZionMethodistChurch.

Ben was born in Baselga di Pine, Trento, located in northern Italy. This
small village is located near the Alps and the
Austrian border. It was famous for the mining of marble and production of
apples and strawberries. Ben was age 17 when he and his brother, John Mattivi,
immigrated from Italy to the
United Stated (Ellis Is.) on January 7, 1907, arriving on the S.S. La Bretagne. As a coal and
gold miner, Ben moved to Denver, Co.; Dawson, N.
Mexico; Novinger, Mo.;
and Gashland, Mo. to work in various mines during his
life. He became a naturalized citizen in 1944.

ANGELO: Angelo and Carmela ran the hotel named Albergo Serraia
in Baselga di Pine at the time of a family visit in 1992 by cousins Angela
Anesi, Dorothy Evans (Ben Mattivi's granddaughter) and Cynthia Martin (Ben's
great-granddaughter.)

She married (1) JAMES THEODORE (TED) EVANS,
married 11 Oct 1930 in KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI, b. 6 Sep 1912 in DALLAS
COUNTY, MISSOURI, (son of JAMES D.
EVANS and EDITH NORA HIGHFILL) d. 3 May 1994 in LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA,
buried 1994 in LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA.